Quiz: What is the correct way to spell Chanukah, err…Hanukkah, um...Chanukkah?
Answer to yesterday’s question below: What is a Jersey Devil?
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History for 12/15/2024
Birthdays: Roman Emperor Nero, Roman Emperor Lucius Verus who was known for little else but his really swell haircut, Gustav Eiffel, J. Paul Getty, Jeff Chandler, Alan Freed, Ernie Pintoff, Tim Conway, Helen Slater, Neil DeGrasse-Tyson, Don Johnson is 75, Julie Taymor is 72
214BC, Hieronymus, the Greek Tyrant of Syracuse, was assassinated in the street.
1641- The Puritan Parliament had the Great Remonstrance published across England without King Charles ‘s permission or a chance to officially respond. .
1815- Giacomo Rossini received the commission to write a new opera based on Beaumarchais’ play The Marriage of Figaro- The Barber of Seville.
1874- Hawaiian King David IV Kalakaou visited the White House and was received by President Grant.
1893- Composer Antonin Dvorak premiered a symphony he wrote while living with the Czech community in Spillville, Iowa. The New World Symphony. He said that If Americans wanted to create their own national style of music, they needed to study the music of African-Americans and Native Americans.
1939- The gala premiere of Gone with The Wind at the Loews Grand Theater in Atlanta Georgia. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh flew out from Hollywood and the Governor of Georgia declared it a state holiday. Clark Gable called Margaret Mitchell “ The most fascinating woman I ever met.” Hattie McDaniel, the first black woman to win an Oscar for her portrayal, was not invited to the premiere.
1941- Lena Horne recorded her signature tune “Stormy Weather.”
1943- In Harlem jazz great Fats Waller died of alcoholism and heart failure. He was 39.
80th Anniv. 1944- Band Leader Glen Miller's plane disappeared over the English Channel. Glen Miller was among the top performers in modern big-band music. Imagine Taylor Swift dying at the height of her career. In 1988, a retired RAF pilot admitted he may have jettisoned some leftover bombs above the entertainer's plane while returning home from a bombing run. Other experts claim it may have been a faulty carburetor or icing in the fuel lines. To this day the remains have never been found.
1952- In Denmark, British fashion photographer George Jorgenson had the first sex change operation and became Christine Jorgenson.
1954- “Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier” starring Fess Parker was featured on The Walt Disney TV show for the first time. The show created a mania for little kids all wanting coonskin caps. “ Born on a mountaintop in Tenn-Ah-See..”
1966- Walt Disney died at age 65. He was alone in the room at Saint Joseph's when he died. His brother Roy had been in earlier rubbing his legs. On his desk, scribbled on a piece of paper the name- Kurt Russell. A heavy cigarette smoker- his favorites were Malboro and French Gitanes- he suffered from lung cancer and respiratory failure. Contrary to the legend that he's cryogenically frozen in a room in the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, he was cremated and his ashes interred at Forest Lawn.
1967- Beverly Hills police chief C.H. Anderson assured the public that there are "No Hippie Pads in Beverly Hills". Chief Andersen said many oddball types arrested on the Sunset Strip and West L.A. are sent to Beverly Hills municipal courts for trial, but inhabitants need not fear an outbreak of longhaired, hopped up, psychedelic speed freaks.
1974- Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein opened in general release.
1979- Lupin III- The Castle of Cagliostro opened. The first theatrical film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. He had directed the TV series with his friend Isao Takahata, but this was his first feature film as sole director.
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